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Family of Salvadoran journalist speaks following report of possible deportation
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The family of a Spanish-language journalist who has been in United States Immigration and Customs (ICE) custody for months spoke to Atlanta News First on Saturday after a report suggests he could be deported....

ACLU Seeks Order to Immediately Release Journalist Mario Guevara, Who May Be Sent to El Salvador At Any Moment
ATLANTA – Today, the Board of Immigration Appeals declined to release Mr. Guevara on bond, despite an immigration judge’s previous order granting his release. Instead, the board reopened Mr. Guevara’s 13-year-old immigration case and ordered him...

Latin America’s Largest Digital Bank Nubank Eyes Dollar-Pegged Stablecoins
Nubank, the biggest digital bank in Latin America, is preparing to integrate dollar-pegged stablecoins into its payment ecosystem, starting with credit card transactions. Key Takeaways: Nubank plans to pilot dollar-pegged stablecoin payments...

Why El Salvador split $678M in Bitcoin to guard against a quantum threat that isn’t here yet
What exactly did El Salvador do? The government redistributed roughly 6,274 BTC (around $678 million at publication time) from one address into 14 fresh addresses, each capped at 500 BTC, as a precautionary security measure. Until late August...

The U.S. and Venezuela: Trump Descends on Latin America
The Trump 2.0 administration is has been escalating pressure on Venezuela, as part of a broader increase of tension in Latin America. In recent weeks, the US has begun sending military forces to the Caribbean and Puerto Rico. And in three separate...

El Salvador Is Born with Its Own Design: The SALVADORAN MODEL for National Transformation
President Nayib Bukele reaffirmed his government’s commitment to strengthening El Salvador’s transformation process, emphasizing the creation of a unique “Salvadoran Model” that reflects the nation’s history, challenges, and aspirations. “Our duty...

El Salvador urged to release political activists arrested on ‘baseless charges’
International rights watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday criticized the “baseless charges” brought against two human rights defenders arrested by El Salvador police in May, and called for their immediate release. José Ángel Pérez, 55,...

7 Best Crypto to Invest: One Presale is Breaking Records
What if the next great financial story isn’t written by Wall Street but by internet memes, culture, and digital tribes? Over the past few years, meme coins have transformed from playful jokes into market juggernauts, spawning billion-dollar...

From Dictator to Example: While the Left Criticized Bukele for Militarizing El Salvador, Achieving 1,000 Days Without Homicides, Belgium Now Copies His Strategy to Curb Crime
He was called a dictator. They accused him of using the military to repress and violating human rights. Progressive voices in Europe and the Americas were outraged when Nayib Bukele flooded the streets with soldiers to confront the gangs that had...

Democrats went to El Salvador for Abrego Garcia, but who visited Iryna Zarutska’s family?
Democrats have routinely championed themselves as advocates of Ukraine, women, refugees, immigrants, and female victims of male violence. Given this activism, one would think an incident that checked all these boxes would have the utmost support...

United States Revokes Temporary Protected Status for Over 800,000 Syrians: A Turning Point in Immigration Policy Amid Ongoing Crisis
In a move that has sent shockwaves through immigrant communities across the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on September 20, 2025, the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syrian nationals. This...

La buena vida: New Latino residents spurring growth and change
When Jostin Lojaro arrived in the Shenandoah Valley School District from the Dominican Republic, the teenager barely knew a word of English. But two years later he reads the language, understands it, and speaks it well enough to explain his...

Ambassador of Belize Presents Credentials to President Bukele, Strengthening Bilateral Ties
H.E. Lou-Anne Burns Martinez, Ambassador of Belize to the Republic of El Salvador, officially presented her credentials to H.E. Nayib Bukele, President of the Republic of El Salvador, in a formal ceremony held today. During the meeting, Ambassador...

Mom of woman murdered by illegal migrant blasts Jasmine Crockett for calling her daughter a 'random dead person'
By JENSEN BIRD Published: 10:57 EDT, 20 September 2025 | Updated: 11:50 EDT, 20 September 2025 The grieving mother of a woman murdered by an illegal migrant has blasted Jasmine Crockett after the Texas Congresswoman referred to her daughter as a...

Immigration appeals court orders deportation of metro Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara
ATLANTA — A Salvadoran journalist who was arrested while covering a protest in metro Atlanta in June has been ordered deported. An immigration appeals court ruled Friday that Mario Guevara must return to El Salvador. Guevara, who has lived in...

Immigration board weighs deportation of Salvadoran journalist in ICE custody
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A Spanish-language journalist who has been in ICE custody for months is at risk of being deported. Mario Guevara, a Salvadoran journalist, is facing deportation and “could be put on a deportation plane at any...

Panel Discussion Exposes Rift Between Catholic Clergy and Immigration Enforcement
A recent event featuring prominent Catholic bishops underscored the tension between the enforcement of American immigration law and the priorities of some leaders of the Catholic Church. At a panel discussion on Sept. 11 at Georgetown University,...

We Will Not Be Silenced: Pride, Resistance, and Belonging This Latinx Heritage Month
Every year, September 15 marks the start of the month-long celebration known as Latinx Heritage Month. The month is meant to mark the various anniversaries of independence for Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, and...

El Salvador: Baseless Charges Against Rights Defenders
(Washington, DC) – Police in El Salvador arbitrarily arrested two human rights defenders who were peacefully protesting a mass eviction and have been holding them in pretrial detention since the end of May 2025, Human Rights Watch said today....